linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] RCU updates for v2.6.27

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Date:	Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:00:29 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	"Vegard Nossum" <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
Cc:	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ibm.com>,
	"Peter Zijlstra" <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [git pull] RCU updates for v2.6.27

"Vegard Nossum" <vegard.nossum@...il.com> writes:
>
> But yeah, I'll continue to improve it and hopefully get it in better
> shape for next time, especially with regards to SMP support. Maybe we
> can finally have Andrew's review too, if he's not too busy giving all
> these talks and whatnot. Some of the things we've actually fixed up
> since last time include impact on the slab code,
> CodingStyle/checkpatch issues, and the splitting the huge single file
> of code into its own directory to make it more manageable. Oh, and I
> believe 64-bit support is new as well.

Have the network (or likely general) IO false positives be fixed
yet? That seemed like the largest design misfeature last time I looked.
I suspect it needs integration into the PCI-DMA API.

-Andi
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